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01/07/2009
£30m Fund For 'Greener' Buses Announced
England's bus fleet will be assisted in going green thanks to a new £30 million fund to encourage the purchase of low carbon buses.
The fund is part of the Department for Transport's wider strategy to encourage a radical shift to low carbon transport and improve air quality in our cities.
Bus operators and councils will be able to bid for the money which they can then use towards the additional up front cost of buying low carbon buses.
As more low carbon buses are produced and sold, costs will reduce. This will encourage bus technology and will stimulate the market for low carbon buses, an industry in which the UK is a world leader.
Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis said: "CO2 emissions from buses have increased significantly over the last 10 years.
"For the sake of our environment and the air quality in our towns and cities it's important to encourage the industry to move towards low carbon models.
"I'm delighted that this is an industry where UK manufacturers are leading the field. Therefore these companies and their employees are well placed to benefit from this initiative.
"Over the next two years we expect this fund to support the purchase of several hundred low carbon buses and, just as importantly, help to stimulate the development of a new green technology industry and help to safeguard up to 900 jobs in bus manufacturing."
Low carbon buses use at least 30% less fuel and emit nearly a third less carbon than an equivalent conventional bus.
They therefore have the potential to significantly reduce the impact of road transport on climate change.
They will also meet the most stringent air quality emission standards to help improve air quality.
At present, low carbon buses make up just 0.2 per cent of buses on the road today The fund is intended to put low carbon buses within the reach of as many operators and local authorities as possible throughout England.
(JM/BMcc)
The fund is part of the Department for Transport's wider strategy to encourage a radical shift to low carbon transport and improve air quality in our cities.
Bus operators and councils will be able to bid for the money which they can then use towards the additional up front cost of buying low carbon buses.
As more low carbon buses are produced and sold, costs will reduce. This will encourage bus technology and will stimulate the market for low carbon buses, an industry in which the UK is a world leader.
Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis said: "CO2 emissions from buses have increased significantly over the last 10 years.
"For the sake of our environment and the air quality in our towns and cities it's important to encourage the industry to move towards low carbon models.
"I'm delighted that this is an industry where UK manufacturers are leading the field. Therefore these companies and their employees are well placed to benefit from this initiative.
"Over the next two years we expect this fund to support the purchase of several hundred low carbon buses and, just as importantly, help to stimulate the development of a new green technology industry and help to safeguard up to 900 jobs in bus manufacturing."
Low carbon buses use at least 30% less fuel and emit nearly a third less carbon than an equivalent conventional bus.
They therefore have the potential to significantly reduce the impact of road transport on climate change.
They will also meet the most stringent air quality emission standards to help improve air quality.
At present, low carbon buses make up just 0.2 per cent of buses on the road today The fund is intended to put low carbon buses within the reach of as many operators and local authorities as possible throughout England.
(JM/BMcc)
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